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<h1>Adding a prompt to a report</h1>
<p>A prompt is a question the system presents to a user during report execution. 
 How the user answers the question determines what data is displayed on 
 the report when it is returned from your data source. For details on prompts 
 in general and the various types of prompts, see 
<a HREF="Prompt_types.htm">Types 
 of prompts</a>. You need to know what type of prompt you will be using 
 when deciding where and how to add it to a report.</p>
<p>For example, Object prompts are most commonly placed directly on a report, 
 but can also be placed in the condition part of a metric's definition 
 in the Metric Editor, depending on the type of object in the Object prompt.</p>
<p>If you add a prompt to your report, you will be required to answer the 
 prompt when you save the report. If you select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Save 
 report as prompted </B></span>when you save the report, any subsequent times 
 you open the report (in Editable or View mode), you will have to answer 
 the prompt. Also, if you edit a prompted report and add another prompt 
 to it, you will have to answer any prompts that you added during this 
 session when you save the report. For more information about saving a 
 report, see 
<a href="Save_reports_and_objects.htm">Saving reports</a>. 
 For more information about prompts, see 
<a href="Creating_prompts.htm">About 
 prompts</a>.</p>
<p>Use the following table when considering how and where to add a prompt 
 to a report:</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<table x-use-null-cells cellspacing="0" class="whs1">
<col>
<col>
<col>
<col>
<col>
<col>


<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td class="whs3">
<p class="whs4">Prompt type</td>
<td class="whs5">
<p class="whs4">Add To Report Editor: Template Definition 
 Pane</td>
<td class="whs5">
<p class="whs4">Add To Report Editor: Report Filter Pane</td>
<td class="whs5">
<p class="whs4">Add To Report Editor: Page-by Area</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs5">
<p class="whs4">Add To Metric Editor: Definition Pane</td>
<td class="whs5">
<p class="whs4">Add To Filter Editor: Filter Definition Pane</td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td rowspan="1" colspan="6" class="whs6">&nbsp; 
<p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Filter definition prompts</B></span></td>
</tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs6">
<p>Hierarchy prompt</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs6">
<p class="whs8">Attribute prompt</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs6">
<p class="whs8">Attribute Element prompt</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs6">
<p class="whs8">Metric prompt</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td rowspan="1" colspan="6" class="whs6">&nbsp; 
<p class="whs4"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Object prompts</B></span></td>
</tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs6">
<p>Object prompt of attributes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Added as part of an advanced qualification</td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs6">
<p>Object prompt of metrics</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Added as part of a set qualification, and any place that accepts metrics</td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs6">
<p>Object prompt of filters</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td rowspan="1" colspan="6" class="whs6">&nbsp; 
<p class="whs4"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Value prompts</B></span></td>
</tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td class="whs6">
<p>Date prompt</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>Added as part of an attribute form qualification, on an attribute form 
 of Date data type</td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td class="whs6">
<p>Numeric prompt, Long prompt, or Big Decimal prompt </td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>Yes</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>Added as part of a set qualification, as a metric value comparison</td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs2">
<td class="whs6">
<p>Text prompt</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="whs7">
<p>No</td>
<td class="whs7">
<p>Added as part of an attribute form qualification, on an attribute form 
 of a text data type</td></tr>
</table>
<h3>Related topics</h3>
<ul type="disc" class="whs9">
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Creating_prompts.htm">About prompts</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a HREF="Prompt_types.htm">Types of prompts</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Hierarchy_qualification_prompt.htm">Filtering 
 data based on a related set of attributes: Hierarchy prompt</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Attribute_element_list_prompts.htm">Filtering 
 data based on an attribute form: Attribute element prompt</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Attribute_qualification_prompts.htm">Filtering 
 data based on an attribute: Attribute prompt</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Metric_qualification_prompts.htm">Filtering 
 data based on a metric: Metric prompt</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Object_prompts.htm">Filtering data based on 
 metrics, attributes, or other objects: Object prompt</a></p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>
<a href="Value_prompts.htm">Filtering data based on 
 a single value or string: Value prompt</a></p></li>
</ul>
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